[QGIS-ZA-user] QGIS Legend Problem

[Immo Blecher]

Sorry Frank, I realised later that I did not send that info. Here it is:

QGIS version

	

2.18.10

	

QGIS code revision

	

59e0f78 <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/59e0f78>

Compiled against Qt

	

4.8.7

	

Running against Qt

	

4.8.7

Compiled against GDAL/OGR

	

1.11.3

	

Running against GDAL/OGR

	

1.11.3

Compiled against GEOS

	

3.5.0-CAPI-1.9.0

	

Running against GEOS

	

3.5.0-CAPI-1.9.0 r4084

PostgreSQL Client Version

	

9.5.2

	

SpatiaLite Version

	

4.3.0a

QWT Version

	

5.2.3

	

PROJ.4 Version

	

492

QScintilla2 Version

	

2.9.1

	
	


And I run it under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Thanks
Immo

On 17/07/2017 14:19, Frank Sokolic via qgis-za-user wrote:
> Hi Immo,
>
> Which version of QGIS are you using?
>
> Frank.
>
> On 17/07/2017 09:48, Immo Blecher via qgis-za-user wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning Everyone,
>>
>> I have a geology layer with a few columns, including the 
>> chronostratigraphic symbol, the rock type description and, 
>> importantly, a colour column (String type). The values stored in the 
>> colour column are the HTML hex values for the colour according to the 
>> 1 : 1 000 000 simplified geological map of South Africa.
>>
>> When I open the layer and select the colour column for colouring the 
>> lithological units it works beautifully, but I do not get a legend 
>> for the composer. But if I set the Properties|Style to Categorized 
>> and then again select the colour from the Colour column in the table 
>> I also get the same nicely coloured map according to the colour 
>> column, an a Legend. But the Legend is wrong...it chooses random 
>> colours! What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to get a correct 
>> legend, also only showing the units which are actually on the map in 
>> the composer. I can set the colours manually to match the value in 
>> the colour field but that sort of defeats the purpose.
>>
>> Thanks for your help so long,
>>
>> Immo
>>
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